Husband: | Engelbert I (c. 1129-1189) | |
Wife: | Margaret of GELDERN (c. 1154- ) | |
Children: | Adolf VI (1176-1218) | |
Engelbert II of BERG (1185-1225) |
Name: | Engelbert I | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | 1129 (est) | |
Occupation | Count of Berg | |
Title | frm 1160 to 1189 (age 30-60) | Count of Berg |
Death | 1189 (age 59-60) | Serbia |
Cause: killed near Kovin, Serbia on his way to the Holy Land |
Name: | Margaret of GELDERN | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | 1154 (est) |
Name: | Adolf VI | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Berta of SAYN ( -1244) | |
Birth | 1176 | |
Title | frm 1189 to 1218 (age 12-42) | Count of Berg |
Occupation | Count of Berg | |
Death | 7 Aug 1218 (age 41-42) | Damiette |
Name: | Engelbert II of BERG | |
Sex: | Male | |
Birth | 1185 | Schlossburg |
Occupation | Archibishop of Cologne and Martyr | |
Religion | Roman Catholic | |
Death | 7 Nov 1225 (age 39-40) | Gevelsburg |
Burial | 24 Feb 1226 | Cologne Cathedral |
Count Engelbert I of Berg (d. July 1189 in Serbia) ruled the County of Berg from 1160 to 1189. He was the son of Adolf IV of Berg.
Through his loyalty to the German Emperor and the Archbishops of Cologne he succeeded in stabilising the county and increasing its revenues. He took Bensberg Palace, Neu-Windeck and Elberfeld.
In July 1189 he was killed near Kovin, in Serbia, while on his way to the Holy Land with the crusade of emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
His sons were:
Count Adolf VI of Berg (d. 1218) and
Count Engelbert II of Berg (d. 7 November 1225), otherwise known as Engelbert I, Archbishop of Cologne and as Saint Engelbert.